'Giant' strengthening of superconducting pairing in metallic nanoclusters: Large enhancement of Tc and potential for room-temperature superconductivity

Physics-Uspekhi

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 427-435

  Kresin, V Z ^a   Ovchinnikov, Yu N ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LANDAU INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; NANOCLUSTERS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

METAL NANOCLUSTERS; METALLIC NANOCLUSTERS; SUPERCONDUCTING PAIRINGS; SUPERCONDUCTING SYSTEMS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 51549104305     PISSN: 10637869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1070/PU2008v051n05ABEH006531     Document Type: Article

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